Bottle-stopper.



H. P. ROBERTS.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I3. 1911- REHEWED JUNE 25' 1915.

1,171,251. j Patented 1213,1916;

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CHARLES H;-

tediIfeb. 8, I916.

Serial No. 36,403;

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movable stopper by 'ping action of the" t ppe -circular' portion 9 which lie sub- .e swell v10 on the to frictionally en- I Jle with aconsidermi-circular' portion tightly under the s for removing the I f the bottle, I protothe top of the ,mplished by means hrough the top of nto, the bottom of .y be securedin any The upper surface tilized for advertisinstances it maybe .nse with the knob, can be swung above 1 the stopper from ved and described a )fv the invention, I .odifications ,can be I arson skilled in the] om the scope of the lithe claim; Theree limited to all-the lown and described,

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Specification of Letters ra a V Paten Application filed March'13, 1911, Serial No. 614,220. Renewed weeks, 1915.

To all whom it may 'concern I Be it known that I, HENRY P.*R-onnR'rs,

of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Bot tle-Stoppers, of which the following is specification.

This invention relates to'bottle stoppers,

and more particularly to that class of bottle stoppers which are adapted to be readily applied to and removed from the neck of a bottle.

' Qne object of the invention is to provide an improved bottle'stopper which is adapted more particularly for use in temporarily closing the mouth of a bottle, after a portion of the contents of the bottle has been dispensed therefrom,

although it is also adapted for use as a permanent stopper, and

may be quickly and securely applied to and readily removed from the neck of'the bottle. A further object of the invention is to provide a bottle stopper which is neat in appearance, simple and durable in construction, and which lends itself readily to ad vertising purposes.

lVith the above objects in view,theinven- V I tion consists in the improved bottle stopper hereinafter describedand claimed, the advantages of which will be obvious to those skilled in the art from the following description. 1 The several features of the invention will be clearlyunderstood from an inspection of the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is'a side elevation of a portion of a bottle with the stopperapplied thereto; Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the same; and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the stopper, with the neck of the bottle in dotted lines. As illustrated in the drawing, the stopper comprises a cap 1, which may be made of sheet metal, and which holds a plug or stopper 2, of'cork or other suitable material,

adapted/co tightly fit'the mouth of the bottle 3. The stopper is held in place upon the bottle by a wire bail 4: having a semi-circular portion adapted to engage the neck of'the bottle and the under side of the-bead 6,

which bead may be termed the .crownseal beadsince it is the bead'over which the well-known crown seal caps are pressed. These beads and the necks of the bottles adjacent thereto are of uniform size on-all' styles of bottles having a crown seal,'and,

,the bottle.

' they'are thus particular: 1n connection with a rer insuring uniform clam clamp ng member'of the The'ends of. the semi merge into loops 8 and stantially parallel to'th neck of the bottle and the neck of thefbottlei-t :of the bottle the arms 1f cause theloops 8 and 9 gage the neck of the boti able pressure, and the 'se 5 is brought and held bead 6.

Asa convenient mean stopper from the neck 0 vide a knob 18, secured cap 1. Thismay be accc of a screw 20 passing t the cap and threaded i the knob, or the knob ma other suitable manner. 21 of the knob may be 111 ing purposes. In some i found desirable to dispe in which case the bail '4: 1 the cap and used to'pul [While I have illustrat preferred embodiment c am aware that many n -made therein by any pe l details of construction sl but I What I claim is The herein described .i cluding a stopper memb serted into the mouth of lie cap receivingthe ,stopper member and p bead of the bottle neck to retain the stopper securely in position, the ends of the said semicircular clamping portion terminating in vertically and oppositely disposed loops which bear frictionally against opposite- 1 3= sides of the bottle neck and the end portions ofthe said loops being extended upwardly at substantially ri ht angles to the semicircular clamping portion and having the extremities thereof bent inwardly so as to engage the before mentioned pivot openings 5 in the metallic cap, the said bail being adapted to be swung into and out of opera tive position about the inwardly bent upper ends of the arms as pivots.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my 20 signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY P'; ROBERTS.

Witnesses GEORGE CLARENDON Honens, CHAS. F; Hown.

Copies'of this patent may be obtained for five cents each; by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington D.C." 

